Cooperative Agreement NU2GGH002393

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $180,946 to develop and evaluate a stepped implementation approach for delivering problem-solving therapy to people living with HIV in South Africa. The key products and services to be delivered include: Determining stakeholder preferences for implementing problem-solving therapy through qualitative research with people living with HIV and HIV/mental...

This $198,531 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to develop and pilot test an integrated intervention that addresses mental health and HIV medication adherence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. The proposed "WECARE" intervention will be based on principles of problem-solving therapy, minority stress theory, and a status-neutral approach to target both mental...

This $1,927,030 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) is funding a study to implement and evaluate strategies to increase the reach of evidence-based depression and adherence treatments for people with HIV in South Africa. The study is a two-arm hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial that will compare a core set of implementation strategies (e.g. expanding nurse roles, stigma reduction training) to...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 5-year, $197,035 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The grant aims to design and evaluate a community-based intervention to engage men who use alcohol and substances in HIV prevention services in rural South Africa. Key products/services to be delivered include: Conducting qualitative research to explore the...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $780,447 to the Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. in Boston, MA for the "SUSTAIN 2 STUDY - SUSTAINED HIV TREATMENT FOR ADHERENCE AFTER INTERRUPTION IN CARE". The goal of this 5-year project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a differentiated service delivery (DSD) model called "CARES-DSD" in improving viral...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,300,224 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports the HOMELINK2 study to reduce post-hospitalization mortality among people living with HIV in South Africa. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured home care intervention with psychosocial counseling and nutritional supplementation in improving outcomes for this population compared to usual care. The...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $2,856,918 to evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced problem-solving therapy intervention to improve perinatal depression and engagement in HIV care among women living with HIV in Malawi. The project aims to assess the intervention's impact on perinatal mental health, HIV care engagement, and infant health outcomes through a randomized...

This is a five-year K23 career development grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) in the amount of $201,006. The goal of the project is to develop and pilot test a "Healthy Welcome" intervention to support migrant men in South Africa in starting and adhering to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV. The grant recipient, Brigham & Women's Hospital (a subsidiary of the larger Partners...

This $233,335 National Institute of Mental Health project grant supports the adaptation and optimization of the Friendship Bench mental health intervention for adolescent girls and young women in South African HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery settings. The University of Washington will receive funding to support Dr. Jennifer Velloza's development as an independent researcher focused on improving mental health intervention delivery integrated with HIV prevention services for young...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,935,300.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) will fund a site-randomized trial of a novel social network recruitment intervention called E-SNRHT in South Africa. The goal is to locate more undiagnosed HIV-positive cases, increase HIV testing among men, and reduce HIV-related stigma. The University of Illinois is the prime awardee and will collaborate with sub-awardees the Human Sciences Research...